Félix is a bilingual independent filmmaker based between Ecuador and New York City, with a distinguished record of producing meaningful media that has screened at festivals like Berlinale, DOCNYC, Mill Valley, and SXSW. Notable projects include producing “NORTH BY CURRENT” (POV, 2021) and “unseen” (POV, 2023), and directing “GRIT & GRIND,” which premiered at Berlinale. A champion for trans and queer storytelling, Félix co-founded the Trans Affinity Group (TAG) within the Documentary Producers Alliance, advancing equity and inclusion in the field. He chairs the Board of Working Films and serves on the Board of Chicken & Egg Films.

Robin Hessman is an award-winning filmmaker/creative producer. Credits include ARREST THE MIDWIFE, SIMPLE AS WATER, MY PERESTROIKA, TUPPERWARE!. Her films have been at festivals including Sundance, SXSW, Tribeca, & Rotterdam and been shortlisted for Oscars, received multiple Peabody awards, and nominations for Emmy, IDA, and PGA Awards. They have been NYTimes Critics Picks, released theatrically, and broadcast in over 30 countries. She is a member of AMPAS, the PGA, the DPA and the Television Academy and received a graduate degree in film directing from VGIK, in Moscow.

Sabrina Avilés is an award-winning independent filmmaker, educator, and the Founder/Executive Director of CineFest Latino Boston.

Born in NYC, and as a first-generation daughter of Puerto Rican and Dominican immigrants, she sees her life reflected in the stories she documents about Latinx communities. A graduate of Boston University’s film program, her goal as a documentary filmmaker is to tell in-depth stories, documented over a period of time, that require longer substantive conversations with the community, and that move beyond the headlines. By drawing attention to the issues Latinx communities face, she hopes her films will shift perspectives and foster a deeper understanding of the human experience.

She is currently producing several projects: a documentary about Chelsea, Massachusetts, which delves into the city's challenges and resilience through the stories of three local leaders; an episode of American Experience that examines Puerto Rico’s complex history as a U.S. colony; and The Pneumafractalist, a powerful narrative about an autistic artist who, after surviving deep childhood trauma, returns to rural Kansas to direct an autobiographical film shaped by a profound new understanding of self.

Judith Mizrachy is a New York City-based producer whose films include the Academy Award-nominated documentary THE MARTHA MITCHELL EFFECT (2022), THE BOOKSELLERS (2020), and most recently UNCROPPED (2024). Her films have screened at festivals including Sundance, New York Film Festival, DOC NYC, Hot Docs and SXSW. Her work has been shown on big screens around the world including Lincoln Center, BAM, TIFF Bell Lightbox, Bertha DocHouse London, and on small screens via Netflix, The Criterion Channel, The New Yorker and more.